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Everywhere in the world women live longer than men - but this was not always the case. The available data from rich countries shows that women didn't live longer than men in the 19th century. What makes women live longer than men and why is this difference growing in the past? There is only limited evidence and the evidence is not sufficient to reach an unambiguous conclusion. We know there are biological, psychological and environmental variables that all play a role in women's longevity more than men, we do not know what percentage each factor plays in.

In spite of how much amount, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور we can say that at a minimum, the reason why women live longer than men in the present but not previously, has to do with the fact that a number of fundamental non-biological factors have changed. These factors are changing. Some are well known and relatively straightforward, like the fact that men smoke more often. There are others that are more intricate. For example, there is evidence that in rich countries the female advantage increased in part because infectious diseases used to affect women disproportionately a century ago, so advances in medicine that reduced the long-term health burden from infectious diseases, especially for survivors, ماذا يحدث بين الزوجين في الحمام بالصور ended up raising women's longevity disproportionately.

Everywhere in the world women tend to live longer than men
The first chart below shows life expectancy at birth for men and women. We can see that all countries are over the line of parity diagonally. This means that a newborn girl from any country can anticipate to live longer than her brother.

Interestingly, this chart shows that although the female advantage exists across all countries, the difference between countries is huge. In Russia women live 10 years longer than men. In Bhutan the difference is less that half a year.

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The advantage of women in life expectancy was much lower in rich countries as compared to the present.
Let's examine the way that female advantages in longevity has changed with time. The next chart shows male and female life expectancy at birth in the US from 1790 to 2014. Two things stand out.

The first is that there is an upward trend: Men as well as women in the US live much, much longer today than a century ago. This is in line with historical increases in life expectancy everywhere in the world.

Second, the gap is growing: Although the advantage of women in life expectancy used to be extremely small however, it has grown significantly in the past.

You can check if these principles are also applicable to other countries that have data by selecting the "Change country" option on the chart. This includes the UK, France, and Sweden.